Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El debate acerca de la perforación de pozos en aguas profundas continua generando controversia, así como la explosión de la planta petrolífera de Vermillion en el Golfo de México en septiembre y el anuncio de BP sobre el costo...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. LOGyCA, en alianza con el Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), prepara el lanzamiento de CLI México para el próximo mes de octubre. El objetivo de este nuevo Centro es promover la innovación y el crecimiento económico de México y América...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . En medio de una de las recesiones más profundas que alguna vez haya golpeado a los Estados Unidos, y con una tasa de desempleo oficial cercana al 10%, las compañías no deberían tener dificultades conservando a sus empleados...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #32. Read all articles in this issue. Brightstar Corporation started life as a trading company in the mobile phone business, and has since grown rapidly into a full service supply chain organization for wireless network operators and retailers. Company founder and CEO Marcelo Claure recently traced...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #26. Read all articles in this issue Soaring fuel costs have put freight transportation in the spotlight, but even before the current furor over rising oil prices the challenges of moving shipments through congested networks represented a major issue for supply chain managers. The MIT Center...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue Death and taxes are two of life’s certainties; another is that world populations are aging. The resultant demographic shifts will have a profound impact on the work place and the way firms operate. As these age-related changes reshape organizations...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #20. Read all articles in this issue The inaugural research meeting of the MIT Efficient Healthcare Delivery Research Group (MEHD) will take place on September 18, 2007, on the MIT campus. Launched by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), the MEHD Group will drive...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue A one-day conference sponsored jointly by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) on energy-efficient supply chains will take place at MIT, Cambridge, MA, on April 30, 2007.The event...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Many of the best practices that underpin supply chain design will become obsolete as rising energy costs force companies to rethink the way they make and deliver products. That was the main message to emerge from the Major Session...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue How well do you know your suppliers? It’s a question that becomes critical in emergency situations when close cooperation with trading partners is essential to a rapid recovery. Yet even the most rigorously negotiated contracts can overlook the key...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain professionals are climbing the corporate ladder and taking top leadership positions. In recognition of this trend, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) has expanded its management and leadership curriculum with the creation of the Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Think of all the places where your international supply chain can be disrupted. Chances are national borders are probably high on the list. That’s why companies employ teams of trade compliance experts to shepherd cargo from one country to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. MIT is part of a critical supply chain at energy giant BP – the supply chain of Human Capability, according to company CIO John Leggate. The novel supply chain delivers innovative ideas several years before they reshape the business...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. The 2006-2007 academic year is off to a flying start. The 2007 classes for the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program at MIT and the Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) Program at the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. Large commercial aircraft manufacturers are cutting lead times and outsourcing more assembly work to tier-one suppliers. The aim is to smooth out the market turbulence that locks the industry into perpetual boom-and-bust cycles. Along the way the supply chain...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. A MLOG Student Teams Up with an International Humanitarian Institute The devastation caused by December's tsunami prompted an unprecedented outpouring of global aid that presented disaster relief providers with innumerable logistical challenges. MLOG student Tim Russell has teamed up...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #5. Read all articles in this issue. The potential of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology lies beyond the tag-sized vision that currently predominates. Picture a central nervous system that captures, interprets and feeds data to other systems dispersed across the globe. This is how MIT's Professor...
